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Privacy policy

St Mary’s University website does not capture or store personally identifiable information (PII) or any personal data (as defined under GDPR), except where users voluntarily choose to provide personal details (for example on one of our online forms).

Where personal information is obtained via our online forms we will provide specific information on the page as to how it will be used, or we will refer to our other privacy notices for specific information. We will not pass any information to other organisations or individuals without your consent.

St Mary’s University is the data controller of your personal data and is subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR") from 25 May 2018 and the new UK Data Protection Act (2018). We may update our privacy notice periodically and if we do we will publish this on our website. This version of the privacy notice was updated in May 2018.

Student, MySMU app, alumni and careers service privacy policies

Students

We have a specific student privacy policy related to how we gather, store and use data related to our students.

MySMU app

We have a specific MySMU app privacy policy related to how we gather, store and use data.

Alumni

We have a specific alumni privacy policy related to how we gather, store and use data related to our development and alumni activities.

Careers

We have a specific careers privacy policy  related to how we gather, store and use data related to our Careers Service.

Website cookies

New European Union rules on the use of cookies, enforced in the UK by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), came into force throughout the UK and Europe from 26th May 2012.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers downloaded on to the device you are using to browse the internet when you access certain websites. Cookies do lots of different jobs, like allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. Most major websites use cookies, and you can manage and/or delete these files if you wish. 

Google Analytics cookies

Google Analytics cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use this data to build reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from, pages they visited and which board geographic area they are from.

You can find out more about Google Analytics and opt out of being tracked across all websites. This non-personal information we receive from Google Analytics is held by us, and we do not allow Google to use or share any of this data.

Advertising cookies

We also use cookies for advertising, remarketing and retargeting purposes. This enables us to serve more relevant advertising as well as helping to improve our site for users. 

The cookies used in this process remember your most recent searches, your previous interactions with our website, search results and engagement with our advertising. This helps us to show you tailored advertising on Google based on your interests. 

To opt-out from Google's remarketing programme, please edit your Google Ad settings.

By using St Mary's website, you agree to allow the downloading of cookies on to the device you are using to access this site.